Nymphikos the Weak

Nymphikos the Weak (died 431 BC) was a Greek mercenary in the service of Athens during the Peloponnesian War. He was killed at the Siege of Megaris in 431 BC.

Biography
Nymphikos the Weak decided to become a mercenary only because his wife forced him to do so; he claimed that he did so out of love, while those close to him believed that he had done so because he feared his wife. In 431 BC, he was hired by Hippias the Vivacious of Megaris to track down and slay the Spartan mercenary Kassandra during the Siege of Megaris. He and several Athenian soldiers attacked Kassandra and Spartan officer Dolios in the Occupied Forest of Tripodiskos, but, as Dolios assisted Kassandra with fighting off the Athenian soldiers, Kassandra slew Nymphikos in battle.